Plácido Domingo: My Greatest Roles

In this feature-length documentary Plácido Domingo describes his favourite roles in opera and in so doing tells his own life story more fully and poignantly than ever before. The programme is full of clips of his performances, and seasoned with contributions from colleagues such as Kiri te Kanawa, Luciano Pavarotti, and Zubin Mehta. This film sums up Domingos whole career as a tenor; now that he sings baritone roles it is a comprehensive overview of the entire tenor oeuvre of the man described by BBC Music Magazine as the greatest singer of all time. Our guide is the great man himself, in interviews edited from eight hours of conversation in which Domingo reveals more about his life, his thoughts about singing, opera and the world, and what drives him to achieve yet more goals than he has ever done on television before. As he says, If I rest, I rust. Most of all this film celebrates some of the finest tenor performances ever filmed, with extensive extracts of what he has selected as his eleven finest roles.

  • No: 9919
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Artists: Kiri te Kanawa, Luciano Pavarotti, Zubin Mehta and many more
  • Director: Chris Hunt
  • Music Genre: Classical Music
  • Production year: 2010
  • Run time: 01:14:00
  • Producers: Iambic Media Production in association with ZDF and Arte
  • Format: HDTV 16:9